A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at the airport close to Ukrainian cargo planes on 4 August.

Germany has said Russia was responsible for last month’s drone attack at Leipzig’s airport.

A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on 4 August.

  • robear@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    16 hours ago

    If you believe NATO is simply a puppet of the US, why didn’t Turkey, France or Germany participate in the war in Iraq? Why didn’t they obey their “emperor’s” orders?

    I think you have a problem conflating a voluntary defensive organization with the actions of some of its members.

    The US is an evil, imperialist power. So is Russia. For smaller countries bordering Russia, the only protection they have from Russian aggression is NATO.

    Ukraine decided to try to join the EU. They even agreed not to join NATO. Russia decided that Ukraine was their imperial property and wanted to deny it self determination so started a war that has caused over a million casualties.

    Any attempted justification of that is a justification of fascism and imperialism. And there’s only one thing to do with fascists…

    • AlteredEgo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      If you believe NATO is simply a puppet of the US, why didn’t Turkey, France or Germany participate in the war in Iraq? Why didn’t they obey their “emperor’s” orders?

      Yeah because we used to have better leaders. See here what sane leaders had to say about Ukraine joining Nato in 2008. And how it’s now presented.

      https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2024/11/ukraine-241126-rferl06.htm

      Concerning the 2008 Bucharest NATO summit, Merkel noted a pledge that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually join the western military alliance was a “battle cry” to the Russian leader, adding that he later told her: “You won’t be Chancellor forever. And then they’ll become a member of NATO. And I want to prevent that.”

      Six years later Putin launched the Russian occupation and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, and followed that with the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which the Russian president has justified in part by citing Kyiv’s NATO membership desires.

      Do you think Merkel and Sarkoszi are tragic fools? Or puppets and victims of Russian propaganda for saying such things? This USED to be understood and called REALISM. To see the world as it is. Germany used to NOT want to be dragged into expensive wars, USED to be not want to be militarist. And now? Now everyone in Germany will loudly scream YES YES YES to the question for total war once again. Rejoice for the days of death and murder and the downfall of peace and prosperity in Europe are over. Remember when you taste the ashes in your mouth that this is what you wanted. Fools.

      Ukraine: How Merkel Prevented Ukraine’s NATO Membership (A DER SPIEGEL Reconstruction) - DER SPIEGEL

      That was the year that Ukraine was likely closer to becoming a member of the Western alliance than ever, before or since. United States President George W. Bush stood solidly behind Kyiv’s accession. But the effort failed, as Zelenskyy made clear, due to the opposition of Merkel and Sarkozy – and an “absurd fear” of Russia. Because of this “miscalculation,” the Ukrainian president continued, his country is facing “the most terrible war in Europe since World War II.”

      • robear@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Do you normally ignore the bulk of an argument and just go off on a mad tangent to try and win a point?

        Does this strategy often work for you?